Life — January 23, 1902 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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‘LJ FE 73 would not leave to the German Emperor such a fine occasion, but lick the “ USE THE BATTLE-AX, MY DEAR. IT WILL BE LESs EXPENSIVE,” Ki ckers’ _. - O EDITOR OF LIFE, ‘Though I suppose I should really have too much contempt for your miserable rag of a paper, yet I really can’t help noticing that lying and detestable paragraph which I have noticed in Number 980 of Volume XX XVIII. in Lire. T enclose the aforesaid paragraph and beg to ask the follow- ing questions : Do the British allow the Boer women and children to die of exposure and starvation ? Does it make your “yellow rag” well better if you pat such caddish lies in? Do you know anything about the war? Ilow much are the British spending on Boer refugees? Where did you get your information from re the Boer women and children dying of exposure and starvation? Did you take the trouble to prove your information and statement? No, you didn't. You allow any lie, adverse to the British, being put in your paper, Continue, Yankee liar, skunk, and cad, to put in your detestable lies, I only regret that the King's Regulations forbid me to sign my name, so have to be contented with British Officer. Soutu Arrican Frevp Force, Oraxce River Coroyy, November 10, 1901. Lire’s information concerning the deaths in the British reconcentration camps is derived from the published state- ments of the British War Office.—EpiTor. To Tue Evrtor or Lire. Dear Lire: In your number for December 12, you suppose that German William will not hesitate to tell the bungling consort (of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands) what he thinks of him. I can assure you that my countrymen (supposed the story was true) DOWN THERE wit IT!” miscreant as thoroughly as our cousins, the Boers, do (with your hearty approval) the Englishmen, who brutalize their wives in Africa, But the Prince still living, honored and beloved, is the best proof that the story of the Prince's misbehavior is totally invented. , Yours very truly, R, Tutein Nolthenius. Haanteat (Tux NetHertanps), December 19. Dear Lire: In the current number I notice an objection to that splendid picture, “ Must We Take the Law in Our Own Hands?” The picture was all right. A short time since an acquaintance of mine was driving a rather spirited horse, and had with him his wife and baby. A passing automobile frightened the horse so that it reared and kicked till the driver had his hands full controlling it. The people in the automobile laughed heartily, evidently considering it a great joke that a man and wife and baby should be in danger of serious injury, if not death. The law gives you no redress for such brutality, even if you knew the guilty people. What would you do in such a case? Yours, ete., Fuvsntxe, L. 1, December 31, 1901. WA. S. “QREAT SCOTT! I'VE SWALLOWED THAT ELECTRIC LIGHT, AND THE KEY 18, All in Knowing How. HE: I often wonder how you manage to dash off those exquisite little poems of yours, And what a lot of money you must make t Tue Poet: Oh, it’s very easy. I sit _ A. down, say in January, and think until about August or September. Then in November or Decem- ber, when the poem is completed, I sell it for five dollars, or sometimes as high as ten dollars, comicbooks.com